Western Skies

Indie Pop / Avant Pop / Muzyka alternatywna
premiera polska: 2006-09-01
opakowanie: plastikowe etui
opis:
multikulti.com
Najnowszy album lidera college-rockowej brytyjskiej grupy Aztec Camera właśnie trafia na polski rynek. Płyta 'Western Skies' będąca kontynuacją świetnie przyjętej przez fanów nie tylko grupy Aztec Camera 'Surf' z 2002 roku jest trzecim już autorskim krążkiem tego muzyka.

Kiedy Aztec Camera wydawali pierwszego singla, Roddy Frame miał zaledwie siedemnaście lat. Jednak dopiero rok 1983, kiedy to premierę miała płyta 'High Land, Hard Rain" ujawniła prawdziwą wielkość tego zjawiskowego gitarzysty i songwritera, który mimo bardzo młodego wieku dojrzałością aspirował do pierwszej ligi gatunku, którego niekwestionowanym liderem był Elvis Costello.

Ma za sobą współpracę z z muzykami tej klasy, co Mick Jones z the Clash, Tommy Lipuma czy Ryuichi Sakamoto.

O ile płyta 'Surf' jest albumem solowym, do nagrania 'Western Skies' Roddy Frame zaprosił trzech muzyków: Jeremy Stacey (perkusja, instrumenty perkusyjne, co-producent), Mark Neary (gitara basowa), Mark Smith (gitara basowa).

Najnowsza płyta przynosi pełne urodziwych, akustycznych harmonii, eleganckie kompozycje wykonane z dużym college-rockowym smakiem. Zdecydowanie jest to jego najlepsza z autorskich dotąd płyt.
Editor's info:
Roddy Frame is set to release a brand new album on May 29th and is undertaking a full UK tour throughout May and June followed by European Dates in late Summer.

The album, Roddy's third solo release, is titled "Western Skies". It follows a similar pattern to 2002's brilliantly received "Surf" released on the Redemption label in the UK. The 11 tracks feature delightfully soulful, emotive vocals from Roddy, expertly crafted songs and Roddy's accomplished, immaculate guitar work.

Whereas "Surf" was an entirely solo effort, "Western Skies" was recorded and co-produced with Jeremy Stacey in his Chelsea studio with Roddy playing guitars and occasional bass, Jeremy playing drums and other instruments and some additional bass from Mark Neary. There is more light and shade than on "Surf" but it's still an old-style "back to basics" record, all recorded on tape with nothing digital in sight.


The title track was originally a collaboration with Radio 1's Rob da Bank. Roddy wrote a lyric and melody for a track that Rob had written with his partner Mr Dan and released under their collaborative name, Lazyboy. Roddy's version is a slowed down, complete reworking of the song.

The forthcoming tour sees Roddy going out on his own, playing both acoustic and even electric guitar. Roddy has been building up his one-man show over the last few years, mixing both current and old material. In 2003 he performed acoustically at the Glastonbury Festival for the first time and in 2004 had a headline slot at the Cambridge Folk Festival. Last year, he played a month long residency at Ronnie Scotts and the forthcoming tour is by far the most extensive since touring as Aztec Camera in the nineties.

Aztec Camera was essentially a band in name only with Roddy Frame the leader, singer, songwriter and guitarist. The group signed to Glasgow's seminal Postcard label when he was just 16 and he scored his first major hit with "Oblivious" taken from his Rough Trade debut album "High Land Hard Rain" in 1983.

"Somewhere In My Heart" was a huge hit in 1988 and he continued to work as Aztec Camera into the mid-nineties, working with a diverse range of people including Mick Jones of the Clash, Tommy Lipuma and Japanese composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Roddy then released his first solo album, The North Star in 1998.

muzycy:
Roddy Frame: vocal, guitar, bass / Jeremy Stacey: drums, piano, organ, celeste, percussion, marxophone, meldoica / Mark Neary: upright bass / Mark Smith: bass

utwory:
1. Western Skies
2. The Coast
3. Marble Arch
4. She Wolf
5. Tell The Truth
6. Rock God
7. Day Of Reckoning
8. Shore Song
9. Dry Land
10. Worlds In Worlds
11. Portastudio

total time - 40:10
wydano: 2006-08
more info: www.intuition-music.com
more info2: www.roddyframe.com